Curtain-pole



(No Model.)

W. lHODGSONr CURTAIN POLE Patented Deo. 1, 1896.

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vIVILLIAM IIODGSON, OF TREIWIONT, NEW YORK.

CURTAIN-POLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 572,165, dated December I, 1896.

Application iled January 30, 1896. Serial No. 577,475. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HoDGsoN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Tremont, county of New York, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Poles,l of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain-poles, and has for its object to provide an article of this character which will be so constructed as to admit of the attachment of curtains or portires thereto without the use of either rings or pins, a further object being to lessen the cost of producing curtain-poles by using comparatively small pieces of material in their construction.

The invention will be hereinafter fully de-r scribed, and specically set forth in the annexed claim.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a front elevation of my improved curtainpole,shown partly in section and-having a pair of curtains or portires attached thereto. Fig. 2 is an end elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional elevation on a line ma: of Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a front view of a part of a curtain-pole, showing a slight modification.

In constructing my curtain-pole I use two strips A and A. These said strips have semicircular grooves a and a', respectively, upon their inner surfaces, and their outer surfaces are rounded, so that when they are joined together they will be circular in cross-section. The lower inner edges of the said two strips are cut away to a considerable distance,where by a longitudinal groove d2 is produced when the strips are joined together.

Upon the rear side of the strip A is pro# vided a flat surface l, and this dat surface bears against brackets B, which brackets have openings b leading therethrough, which communicate with openings b in the rear section A of the curtain-pole. Leading through the said two openings and joining the strip A to the brackets B are screws C, which engage with any suitable wall or surface D to which the curtain-pole is attached. Any desired number of brackets B may be supplied, de-

pending upon the length of the curtain-pole, but in ordinary cases two is a suflicient number, one at each end, as illustrated in the drawings.

To connect the two strips A and A together, I provide hinges E, which hinges may be located at any desirable position longitudinally upon the strips A and A.

Having hinged the two strips together, to further strengthen the structure and provide an ornamental finish thereto I place plugs F upon each end of the curtain-pole. These said plugs are provided with sockets f, into which are j ournaled the two ends of a longitudinal rod G, which rod is adapted to support the curtains or portires.

The plugs F are provided upon their outer surfaces with flanges f and these said flanges 7o are secured to the rear section A of the curtain-pole by means of screws 2, but the front section is free to move radially, as illustrated by dotted lines in Fig. 3. These said plugs F may further be supplied with ornamental 7 5 balls or projections f2, and where it is desirable to place the curtain-pole inside of a doorway these said projections may be extended to form a base f3, which can be secured to the 4 inner upright portions of the door-frame D' 8o by means of screws 3, asillustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

The device may further be supplied with any suitable lock or fastening to secure the two strips A and A together. For instance, 8 5 a pin 4 may be driven through the iange f' of the plug F and into the strip A.

In attaching curtains to the pole the` said curtains II' are provided at their upper edges with loops lor hems h, and the pole or rod G 9o is passed through the said loops, whereby the curtains will depend loosely therefrom when the parts are assembled. The hems or loops h should be made as large as possible to admit of moving the curtain longitudinally, as 9'5 illustrated in Fig. 1 of the drawings.

I do not confine myself to the speciiic details of construction as described herein, as it is obvious that under the scope of my invention I am entitled to the use of slight modiroo ications. For instance, in some cases it may be desirable to use two sets of longitudinal rods or supports for the curtains. In such cases it will be necessary to supply the plugs F with two sets of sockets for the reception of said rods or supports.

I do not claim, broadly, a curtain-pole having a chamber or recess for securing the curtain-rod, as I am aware that Vsuch construction is not in itself new.

I-Iaving thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A curtain-pole'consisting of two equal separable portions, each being provided in its inner surface with a longitudinal semicircular groove forming a circular retaining-chamber for the curtain-rod when said portions are closed upon each other, said rod being sup ported in apertures in plugs secured to the ends of said poles, said portions being cut away at their lower edges to form a longitul uary, lSOG.

WILLIAM HODGSON. Witnesses:

M. BIACLEAN, S. SCHWARTZ. 

